Money Quotes by Kurt Vonnegut

“Keep breathing," said Ben. "That's the big thing for now." --"Money Talks”

— Kurt Vonnegut

“Money can be a great comfort sometimes.”

— Kurt Vonnegut

Wake up, you idiots! Whatever made you think that money was so valuable?

— Kurt Vonnegut

If you're so smart, why aren't you rich?

— Kurt Vonnegut

“The moral: Money, position, health, handsomeness, and talent aren’t everything.”

— Kurt Vonnegut

“They were suddenly saying to people with nothing but paper representations of wealth, “Wake up, you idiots! Whatever made you think paper…

— Kurt Vonnegut

People should practice an art in order to make their souls grow and not to make money or become famous. Paint a…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“knowledge is the most valuable commodity on earth. The more truth we have to work with, the richer we become.”

— Kurt Vonnegut

“I sing of happiness, he says, and insecurity shows through--poisons it. I sing of unhappiness, and it spoils that, too, because my…

— Kurt Vonnegut

Practice any art, music, singing, dancing, acting, drawing, painting, sculpting, poetry, fiction, essays, reportage, no matter how well or badly, not to…

— Kurt Vonnegut

Why throw money at problems? That is what money is for. Should the nation's wealth be redistributed? It has been and continues…

— Kurt Vonnegut

You have never seen greatness in a Presidency; I have. It was a rich kid who you would think had every reason…

— Kurt Vonnegut

You have never seen greatness in a Presidency; I have. It was a rich kid who you would think had every reason…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“When a couple has an argument nowadays they may think it s about money or power or sex or how to raise…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“Ben understood at last that money was one big dragon, with a billion dollars for a head, and a penny on the…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“I will tell you how to make money: Work very hard. I will tell you how to win love: Wear nice clothing…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“They had managed to convert their wealth, which had originally been in the form of factories or stores or other demanding enterprises,…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“If there is to be no ceiling on the amount of money a man can take out of our economy, then concomitantly…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“Their most destructive untruth is that it is very easy for any American to make money. They will not acknowledge how in…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“thought it would be easy for me to write about the destruction of Dresden, since all I would have to do would…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“Most of us, if we get married nowadays, are just one more person for the other person. The groom gets one more…

— Kurt Vonnegut

Americans, like human beings everywhere, believe many things that are obviously untrue, the monograph went on. Their most destructive untruth is that…

— Kurt Vonnegut

Mere opinions, in fact, were as likely to govern people's actions as hard evidence, and were subject to sudden reversals as hard…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“American humorist Kin Hubbard said , "It ain't no disgrace to be poor, but it might as well be". The meanest eating…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“. . . Practice any art, music, singing, dancing, acting, drawing, painting, sculpting, poetry, fiction, essays, reportage, no matter how well or…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“...those who have no money blame and blame and blame themselves. This inward blame has been a treasure for the rich and…

— Kurt Vonnegut

We would be a lot safer if the Government would take its money out of science and put it into astrology and…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“Earl Moncrief, the butler, built his financial, procurement, and secret service organizations with the brute power of cash and a profound understanding…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“Oh, Mr. Trout...teach us to sing and dance and laugh and cry. We've tried to survive so long on money and sex…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“People who sell bolts and nuts and locomotives and frozen orange juice make billions, while the people who struggle to bring a…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“Trout, incidentally, had written a book about a money tree. It had twenty-dollar bills for leaves. Its flowers were government bonds. Its…

— Kurt Vonnegut

We would be a lot safer if the Government would take its money out of science and put it into astrology and…

— Kurt Vonnegut

Do I resent rich people? No. The best or worst I can do is notice them. I agree with the great Socialist…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“You got troubles, I got troubles--everybody's got troubles, whether they've got a lot of money or a little money or no money.…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“The thing about money is," said Ben, "you can't be polite to it. Leave something suspicious to say, and it'll say it...Leave…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“Money began talking to Ben again--not big money this time, but little money. It niggled and nagged and carped and whined at…

— Kurt Vonnegut